Oilers Roster Is Worse Off After Management’s Latest Moves

Edmonton’s front office is taking heat, and not the polite kind. The argument here is that management made the roster worse rather than better, which is the sort of charge that sticks when a team is chasing a win-now window. In a cap world, one bad decision can echo for months because every move comes with a consequence attached. The Oilers are living with the kind of scrutiny that follows every tweak, swap, and paper-thin justification.